people are look at him and america as a leader. not just a guy that is getting rope a dope like muhammad ali taking all the punches and not swinging back. >> let's assume are you right on everything you just said so what does he do now. where does he take that and what does he do with it? doug? >> well, what he is doing, charlie, i think is playing for the midterm election, to not lose too many congressional seats, to kind of not have what i said before, a gingrich '94 situation. once he gets around that. and in order to do that he's going to have to tax center as john said a centrist but even center right a little and hope that his base sticks with him. i think they will. after the midterm election, i think will you see him do some more engaging sort of left issue things. i know, for example, interior department has a lot of environmental things on hold right now until after the midterm election. some of those might come forward in a year or two and will you see more of the progressive barack obama. this year he's the center, cent